Jane Austen for the YouTube Age

10/24/2013 1:07PM

HarperCollins is rolling out a new series of Jane Austen reboots that test the appetite for modernized Austen, such as having heroines text their suitors. Alexandra Alter joins Lunch Break. Photo: Harper Collins.

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